For saving CPU, any app that I'm not using and I don't need notifications, I want to keep paused. To save CPU. But I don't want to quit to save the state. Currently I'm doing if from terminal kill -stop PID and kill -cont PID I'm lookin…
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Lees meerOccasionally it happens that my 2TB external hard disk, formatted as ExFAT, suddenly gets unplugged (either by a n unfortunate movement of my hand, or by the cat, or whatever). There is no real corruption, because I don't do anything wi…
Lees meerI'm trying to understand the concept of a storage volume on macOS. How is it different from a partition? Does the term relate specifically to APFS or does it apply to other file systems on other OS as well ? I saw in the Apple develop…
Lees meerI'm trying to understand the concept of a storage volume on macOS. How is it different from a partition? Does the term relate specifically to APFS or does it apply to other file systems on other OS as well ? I saw in the Apple develop…
Lees meerI have a variety of sites under development staged using subdomains of a single domain (e.g., this.example.com, that.example.com, etc.). Some implement SSL; some don't. This is fine – they're all works in progress not accessible outsid…
Lees meerJust moved from an X86 mac to an M3 and having some problems with the ~/Library/Python/3.12 directory. What I did so far: restored from Time Machine home only left /Applications/ behind, figuring that's all x86 and only want to Rosett…
Lees meerI have a strange issue with my Macbook. Macbook Pro (13" late 2011) Memory 4GB Processor Intel 2.4GHZ Graphics Intel HD Mac OS Sierra 10.12.6 Two original Power Adapters 60W A week ago my battery failed and the Macbook became very slo…
Lees meerContext: MacOS Ventura 13.6.7 A Python virtual environment successful invokes from the command terminal: source my3211/bin/activate My pyActivate.sh script: echo "source my3211/bin/activate" source my3211/bin/activate Is invoked by: .…
Lees meerJust moved from an X86 mac to an M3 and having some problems with the ~/Library/Python/3.12 directory. What I did so far: restored from Time Machine home only left /Applications/ behind, figuring that's all x86 and only want to Rosett…
Lees meerThe most annoying 'feature' of Microsoft Word for Mac (Version 16.92 (24120731)) is that it 'converts' a regular unicode symbol to an emoji, for no apparent reason, and worse, it is a violation of the unicode standard, that specifically…
Lees meerI have a strange issue with my Macbook. Macbook Pro (13" late 2011) Memory 4GB Processor Intel 2.4GHZ Graphics Intel HD Mac OS Sierra 10.12.6 Two original Power Adapters 60W A week ago my battery failed and the Macbook became very slo…
Lees meerI have a strange issue with my Macbook. Macbook Pro (13" late 2011) Memory 4GB Processor Intel 2.4GHZ Graphics Intel HD Mac OS Sierra 10.12.6 Two original Power Adapters 60W A week ago my battery failed and the Macbook became very slo…
Lees meerI am trying to subscribe to the developer account. But every credit or debit card I try, fails authentication. I have tried 5 payment methods so far. The order says that: items in the order are not eligible for this payment type. I pe…
Lees meerI am trying to subscribe to the developer account. But every credit or debit card I try, fails authentication. I have tried 5 payment methods so far. The order says that: items in the order are not eligible for this payment type. I pe…
Lees meerI have a strange issue with my Macbook. Macbook Pro (13" late 2011) Memory 4GB Processor Intel 2.4GHZ Graphics Intel HD Mac OS Sierra 10.12.6 Two original Power Adapters 60W A week ago my battery failed and the Macbook became very slo…
Lees meerApple's Dictionary app and Visual Studio Code don't work well together. I get constant popups from Dictionary, an app that I have not, and will not ever use. I've followed the instructions in Apple's Support Forum: Open System Prefere…
Lees meerI recently bought a new Mac Mini M4 as an upgrade from my Mac Mini M1. Like some users who have upgraded, I'm interested in the performance gains and I'm comparing both systems using Activity Monitor. One thing I've noticed with the M4…
Lees meerOn an M1 Max Mac Studio (currently using macOS Sequoia 15.1.1), I can't seem to run Python the most direct way: shunter@Mac-Studio-3 ~ % which python3 /usr/local/bin/python3 shunter@Mac-Studio-3 ~ % python3 zsh: killed python3 shunt…
Lees meerI use SSH extensively for intersystem communication within a private (192.x.x.x) network. Now there is a need to allow only some functions (notably SCP) with a couple of servers from the external world. So, continuing to use port 22 i…
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